marg time!

Like I have said, Banks graduates on Saturday!  In honor of his big day, I made some margarita cupcakes.  Yeah, that's right.  Lime, tequila and sugar all baked into one little package.  I baked regular cupcakes and mini cupcakes for his grad party- a big band party at the Marietta square with the whole town!  How convenient!

I used Brown-Eyed Baker's recipe and they turned out perfectly!  Also, the frosting turned out so beautiful, my best friends at Wilton helped me out!

yummo!  lime zest and frosting!

this is one of the minis :)

My confession? I hate cupcakes.  I really have never liked cake!  That just means you'll have to come and take all of these cupcakes off of my hands!  Any takers? 

moss frame

My front door has looked a little nekkid lately so I decided to make this moss frame rather than slap a boring circle wreath up there. I had the frame and the burlap, so for a $5 bag-o-moss and some hot glue, I made this!

definitely different from all the beer signs and christmas lights that
adorn the other houses in the neighborhood!

cooler craze

I have been on a cooler painting kick lately- I have several trips to the lake and the beach coming up so why not?! My brother Banks graduates from high school next weekend! That's crazy! I remember when he used to look like this:

love this kid

Anyways, cooler painting is super cheap and extra personal, once you actually purchase your cooler!  I already had all the acrylic paint and brushes but I decided to purchase some paint pens and that made a WORLD of difference.  Please please invest in some if you decide to do this!  Also, have a lot of Clorox wipes on hand- if you mess up, the acrylic paint comes off with one wipe.

I painted one for Banks to get him started on his freshman year at Auburn- Congrats, Banks!

the cooler was originally red and Wally World was
out of navy blue paint so I had to mix my own, then
paint the whole cooler!

the first layer of my tiger eyes... it was quite
a process!

ta-da!  I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out!

...and the other side

There is a pretty snazzy Vineyard Vines logo on the back but I didn't take a picture of it. 

I had to stick this on the inside of the cooler to remind him who's boss!

cutey cute koozies

It is sweet sweet summertime which means that when I'm not at class or at work, I'm pool-ing, crafting and baking!

This fall, I will be a recruitment counselor which means I cannot wear anything with my sorority letters on it.  Harder than it sounds, I promise!  I made these cute koozies so I can take them to the pool and be an incognito sorority chick!

The koozies were on sale for $.66 each at Michael's and I already had the grosgrain ribbon and puffy paint- seriously the easiest project ever.  I'm going to make them for all the upcoming high school grads!  Anything is cuter with a monogram!

sigma rho chi recruitment counselor!

ta-da! complete with diet dew!

too precious!

tickle me pink

I know everyone an their mother is making this lately, but I have a weird fascination with Crayola color names! Where else are you going to call the color green "inchworm"?! America and Crayola are great. Here's my process!

carnation pink- so perfect!

color names facing out, of course!

the first round of blow drying...
it took about half an hour to get it just right!

a fallen soldier- tickle me pink, obviously

my finished product!  

i just love how 3-d it is!

freedom

Well, it is officially summer! Today is my last day or work as an office manager (I'm working at the desk this summer but that is wayyyy easier), I completed both the Praxis II and the GRE, finished up the semester with a 3.9 and now I am into my Maymester class which is a BREEZE.

In celebration of all these great things, I made Cookies 'n Cream Cupcakes! Mostly to perfect my frosting skillz, they made great end of the year gifts!

yummo, right?

believe it or not, I think I got my Georgetown cupcake swirl perfect!